Thanks for your time, Simonetta! Can you start by briefly introducing yourself as well as the work or the research that you've been involved in?Briefly, I have an Italian law degree and a German PhD in the economics of innovation. I've been practising law in Milan at an international law office before moving to Munich, where I worked on some research projects at the Max Planck Institute for ... [Continue Reading]

Maël Brunet: Simon, thanks for accepting our invitation. Can you talk a little bit about yourself to briefly present who you are and the latest projects that you've been working on?Simon Phipps: My name is Simon Phipps. I've worked in the computer industry for about 35 years. I've worked most recently for a company called Wipro Technologies, which I've just left. Prior to that I helped start a ... [Continue Reading]

Maël Brunet: Hello Tineke. First of all, can you briefly introduce yourself and say a few words about your work and your current research ?Tineke Egyedi: Yes, I’m a researcher on standardisation and do consulting work. I worked at the Delft University of Technology until March and now have my own business. At this moment I am actually doing standardisation research in the field of geriatric care. ... [Continue Reading]

Maël Brunet: Hello Andrew. Can you start by presenting yourself and the work that you are involved in for readers who don’t know who you are?Andrew Updegrove: Sure. I am an attorney in Boston, Massachusetts and I have been active in the standards area since around 1987. Tthat experience working with setting up standards organisations took me into the world of “Openness”, and over time most of my ... [Continue Reading]

Hello Andrew. Can you start by briefly presenting yourself and the research that you are involved in?I am interested in too many things is my usual description, I tend to be very broad in what I do. The core of what I am interested in is usually privacy and surveillance-related matters. More recently I have been getting more involved in security issues at least partially because of the fact that ... [Continue Reading]